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How to record video from screen (screencasts) - Quick Guide (only for Google Chrome)

Last Updated: Oct 10, 2018 12:34PM EDT

What is screen casting for?

Screenshots are great, but you can't really create a full-fledged guide with just pictures. A video makes it much easier to explain a problem or create a comprehensive guide. With Nimbus Screenshot you can create a full-fledged video guide or lecture or demonstrate how a problem occurs. And it's not just possible in Chrome, but also in any other program as well. Nimbus Screenshot also allows for recording from speakers which will let you record a video or a song from your favorite site. And Nimbus Capture allows you to do this legally, as you are not downloading the file, but instead are recording the sound.

To get started, you could watch a video telling you about the video recording features of Nimbus Capture

How to take a screen cast or a video in Nimbus Screenshot?

1) Click on Nimbus Screenshot and select Record Video.

2) Select desired options

Tab Sound - record sound from your speakers (for example, you want to record a video or a song from a website)

Mic Sound - record sound from a microphone - for making guides or recording lectures

Drawing tools - enable drawing feature while recording a video;

Webcam - enable recording from your webcam;

Countdown - video countdown. The video will start recording after the period set.

If you uncheck Tab Sound and Mic Sound, the video will record without sound.

In Video Settings you can change certain video recording settings: video resolution (FullHD or 4K), video/audio bit rate, as well as FPS (frames per second - a crucial option for those recording a gaming video). Important! The higher the settings, the larger the size of your recorded video.

3) Then select what exactly you wish to record.

Tab - video of the open browser page will be recorded.

Desktop - you can record a video from any other program, such as Photoshop or Skype.

Webcam - you can record a video from your webcam (for example, record a webinar).

Just click on what you need and press Start Record to begin recording.

3) Click on Tab Record.

4) Once the desired actions are completed, click on Stop Recording.

5) Watch the resulting screen cast on your video player. You can then send the video to Nimbus Note or save to the Google Drive/Youtube.

I recorded a video/clip from a site but it has no sound or its quality is substandard. Why?

It might be that you did not specify in settings that the sound needs to be recorded from the tab/page or you had it recorded from both the tab and the mic. In this case you only need to have the sound from the tab recorded.

Can I disable the hotkeys I do not need?

Yes, just choose Disable for the hotkeys you do not need.

I have several microphones/webcam. How to choose a specific one for recording?